Hose for Bros

Imagine you’re sitting in class and an attractive guy walks in wearing a short-sleeved polo, khaki shorts, and sneakers.

Now imagine he’s also wearing tights.

Did he lose a bet? Is it Halloween? Rough night? The answer might be none of the above. He might just be ahead of the fashion curve.

According to this article, it’s not just European dudes with closets full of short-shorts who are buying tights. American guys are, too.

A lot of men wear them for warmth, rather than fashion, says the article – but I’m still giggling at the thought. I don’t care what the temperature is, if my boyfriend, brother, or guy friends were wearing tights, I’d never let them hear the end of it.

This is the best part, though – if you think you can handle it, explore e-mancipate.net, where you can buy “mantyhose” with camouflage, skulls, or – if you’re feeling more subtle – ivory stripes.

Am I a sexist jerk, or are you LOLing, too?

Rebecca Isenhart, Emerson College

2 Responses

Frightening. Though I think anything’s possible at this point. Have you seen the plague of men (or I’d rather pejoratively call them boys) wearing skinny jeans? If guys can wear girls’ jeans and think that’s acceptable looking, I think anything’s possible! A few years ago, a European friend sent me the following link of some French dudes (Yelle) dancing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqYhuwu614Y). I thought it was hilarious, but she re-assured me that these guys were popular in Europe. Fast forward a year from then and the trend of skinny jeans and 80s colors had taken over in the U.S. So I think there may be something said for manty-Euro winds blowing our way. Ahhh!